'It's been horrible': Your experiences with family estrangement

Our recent story about the ambiguous loss that comes from family estrangement prompted many of you to share your own experiences.Estrangement is the emotional or physical separation between people where a formerly close relationship becomes distant, hostile, or ceases entirely.Whether you're a parent, sibling, child or grandchild, you've revealed the effect it has had on your life."Around nine months ago, I made the decision to cut ties with my father It's been horrible." — Leon"Some would say my relationship with my mother was always estranged